Binutils is a collection of utilities used for the creation of executablecode. A number of bugs were found in various binutils tools.

Several integer overflow bugs were found in binutils. If a user is trickedinto processing a specially crafted executable with utilities such asreadelf, size, strings, objdump, or nm, it may allow the execution ofarbitrary code as the user running the utility. The Common Vulnerabilitiesand Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-1704to this issue.

Additionally, the following bugs have been fixed:

- -- correct alignment of .tbss section if the requested alignment of .tbss is bigger than requested alignment of .tdata section- -- by default issue an error if IA-64 hint@pause instruction is put into the B slot, add assembler command line switch to override this behaviour

All users of binutils should upgrade to this updated package, whichcontains backported patches to resolve these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-releasederrata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red HatNetwork to download and update your packages. To launch the Red HatUpdate Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to thefollowing Web page for the System Administration or Customizationguide specific to your system: